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Quinn Redeker (born May 2, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his work on daytime dramas.

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Quinn Redeker
Born	(1936-05-02) May 2, 1936 (age 86) Woodstock, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter
Years active	1960-present
Awards	Soap Opera Digest Award, 1973 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role for The Young and the Restless

Career

Redeker and Lou Garfield co-authored the story for the 1978 film The Deer Hunter.[1] Throughout 1960, Redeker was cast as a photographer on the short-lived NBC crime drama Dan Raven starring the former child actor Skip Homeier and Dan Barton. The following year, he appeared as nerdy Schulyer Davis in the film The Three Stooges Meet Hercules.

On television, he started acting in 1960 and amassed appearances on over five dozen television series. He is best known for his roles as Alex Marshall on Days of Our Lives, whom he played from 1979 to 1987, and on The Young and the Restless where he played Nick Reed in 1979, Joseph Taylor from 1979 to 1980, and his best-known character, Rex Sterling, from 1987 to 1994.

Awards

As a writer, Redeker was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a WGA Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay for The Deer Hunter, along with Deric Washburn, Louis A. Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

As an actor, Redeker was twice nominated for an Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on The Young and the Restless, both in 1989 and 1990. He also was a two-time winner at the Soap Opera Digest Awards, taking the 1983 Soapy Award (last year they used that name) for Best Villain for his role on Days of our Lives,^{[citation needed]} along with the 1989 award for "Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role: Daytime" for The Young and the Restless.[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	Sea Hunt	USCG Lt. Bob Camp / Joey	2 episodes
1961	The Marriage-Go-Round	Crewcut - Party Guest	Uncredited
1962	The Three Stooges Meet Hercules	Schuyler Davis
1962	The Virginian	Daniel Kroeger	Episode: "Impasse"
1967	Spider Baby	Peter Howe
1970	Airport	John Reindel	Uncredited
1970	The Christine Jorgensen Story	Tom Crawford
1971	The Andromeda Strain	Capt. Morris	Uncredited
1972	The Candidate	Rick Jenkin
1972	The Limit	Jeff McMillan
1972	Adam-12	Officer. Charlie Burnside	Episode: "Badge Heavy"
1973	The Slams	Warden
1974	The Midnight Man	Swanson
1974–1978	Barnaby Jones	various	4 episodes
1975	At Long Last Love	Kitty's Boyfriend
1975	Starsky & Hutch	Dr. Melford
1977	Rollercoaster	Owner #2
1979	The Electric Horseman	Bud Broderick
1980	Where the Buffalo Roam	Pilot
1980	Ordinary People	Ward
1980	Coast to Coast	Benjamin Levrington
2003	An American Reunion	Coach Grayman
2006	Sweet Deadly Dreams	Blaisdale
2008	For Heaven's Sake	Prof. Harris
2009	The Confessional	Father Mills
2012	Big Miracle	President Reagan

References

External links

• Quinn Redeker at IMDb 
• Quinn Redeker at AllMovie

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